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DISEASES OF THE PERITONEUM. 



table tonics and mineral tonics : some practitioners preferring 

 one kind, some tlie other; while some veterinary surgeons 

 there are who in practice combine the two. All practitioners 

 concur in the advantage of including diuretic medicine 

 in tbe formula. Either of the following balls may be ad- 

 ministered daily; with this proviso — that the bowels, during 

 the time, be kept from becoming constipated, either by 

 clysters or by occasional doses of aloes. 



ToNic-DiuRETic Balls. 



Vegetable Tonic. 

 R Pulv. Cinchonas, 5SSs' 



— Quinae, 5J ; 



- — Gentian., 5ij ; 



— Zinziberis, 5j ; 

 Terebinthinae, q. s. ut f. Bol. 



Mineral Tonic. 

 R Ferri Sulphat,, 3iss; 

 Pulv. Gentian., 5ij ; 

 Syrup. Zinziberis, q. s. ut f. Bol. 



Mr. Brown uses balsam of copaiba, substituting it for, or 

 mixing it in equal parts with, the Venice turpentine. 

 Mr. Cartwright prescribes cantharides with the same view, 

 viz., to excite diuresis : they may be added, in the propor- 

 tion of five or ten grains of the powder, to either of the 

 above balls. 



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